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 The Perth 2011 Environmental & Sustainability Programme.
by: Dylan Sears Sailing is a sustainable sport relying on the energy of natural resources. 
Barcelona World Race - Pit Lane to Slip Lane.
by: Dylan Sears From the pit lane to the slip lane… and into the fast lane. Having long left their pit stops behind, Foncia and Virbac Paprec 3 are not only accelerating out of the west Atlantic, but rapidly overtaking their way through the Barcelona World Race.
Barcelona World Race - Crossing the Line and Crossed Lines.
by: Dylan Sears Three of the Barcelona World Race fleet have now crossed the Equator. After Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron at around 0215hrs UTC this morning on Virbac-Paprec 3, and second placed Foncia about an hour later, around 1305hrs UTC after the French leaders it was Barcelona duo Pepe Ribes and Alex Pella on Estrella Damm who crossed the line into at around 1405hrs this afternoo
Barcelona World Race - Taking a long term view?
by: Dylan Sears Cloud activity is increasing a little bit for the leaders, their trade winds are still quite light but they will emerge into stronger SE’lies today. As they do so – in the knowledge that they will get lifted as they go west towards the Brasilian coast – the leaders are likely to crack sheets a little to build speed.
2011 Marinonics Sail Paradise - Another day ashore for IRC fleet
by: Dylan Sears 2011 Marinonics Sail Paradise - The RL24s may get their national championship underway tomorrow in closed waters in the lee of Stradbroke Island, but for the IRC keelboats contesting Marinonics Sail Paradise it will be another day ashore.
Marinonics Sail Paradise 2011 abandoned.
by: Dylan Sears Sail Paradise abandoned: Due to tragic floods and persistent extreme weather conditions the Club has decided to cancel Sail Paradise 2011.
Barcelona World Race - One track minds.
by: Dylan Sears The muscular trade winds are still providing constant high speeds for the leaders of the Barcelona World Race fleet with all of duos forced to think about nothing else but speed, spending hours on the helm to maximise gains and minimise losses in the thrilling sleigh ride towards the Doldrums.
Barcelona World Race - Alex Thomson delays joining Hugo Boss.
by: Dylan Sears Barcelona World Race - Alex Thomson Racing Team has communicated today that the British skipper has delayed joining Hugo Boss as planned.
A stark warning to the world from the Velux 5 Oceans skippers
by: Dylan Sears The planet has seen some drastic changes within its ecosystems in the past few decades
Musto Skiffs Pre-Worlds Day 1 a wipe out.
by: Dylan Sears Musto Skiffs Pre-Worlds racing in Melbourne was initially postponed to 14:00 hours as Black Rock Yacht Club’s Mark Taylor, the event PRO, was regularly in touch with the local meteorolgy office
Reflections at the close of the International Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment.
by: Dylan Sears The final day of the I International Congress on Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment was dedicated to the environment and climate change. Debate in the morning session focussed on the future of the world΄s oceans, protecting them and the effect of climate change on the Polar ice caps. In the afternoon session conclusions were examined from the COP 16 Conference organised by the UN and held in Cancun Mexico from the 29th November to the 10th of December this year and a Barcelona World Race declaration was elaborated. The only activity programmed for tomorrow is the following of the start of the race.
Successfull Participation in the Congress for Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment.
by: Dylan Sears Following yesterday΄s official opening delegates and visitors got down to work at the I Congress for Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment today. The central theme of the morning were the yachts, whilst the afternoon sessions focussed on the sailors. Over one hundred people filled the conference room and over 400 people followed the event online.
Tasmanian scientists expand their view of the ocean
by: Web Master Tasmanian scientists will soon have unprecedented access to data from high-tech equipment for monitoring coastal and ocean ecosystems. 14 December 2010
The International Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment Begins.
by: Dylan Sears This afternoon The 1st International Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Marine Environment was officially opened. The first event within the framework of the Congress in the lead-up to the start of the Barcelona World Race will be the unveiling of the "Eric Tabarly. The Pen-Duick saga" exhibition at the Barcelona World Race Interpretation Centre.
Where else but Queensland
by: Web Master Whitsundays sailing crew, Merit¸ has unveiled its true colours and cheeky Queensland sense of humour setting sail in this year’s Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race with a sail that says they’d rather be in The Whitsundays.
‘Tricky’ conditions forecast for Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia As the rain poured down in Sydney this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) Michael Logan left Rolex Sydney Hobart competitors wondering just what the weather situation would be for today’s 1.00pm start and beyond of the famous 628 nautical mile race.
30 Knots and on the nose
by: Remote Editor Sailors in the 66th annual Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race face rough seas, thunderstorms and southerly winds as strong as 30 knots (35 miles per hour), Australia’s weather office said.
A good, old fashioned Rolex Sydney Hobart – uncomfortable, wet and exhausting
by: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted that early in the race the fleet will strike a southerly change on the New South Wales coast, and by early Sunday evening the winds will have built to between 20 and 30 knots.
More ‘traditional’ Rolex Sydney Hobart on the radar
by: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia This year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet can anticipate a more traditional upwind ride south
Snow strands Rolex Sydney Hobart sailors
by: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Snow strands Rolex Sydney Hobart sailors
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